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30 July 2024 | 7 replies
I've been using this for years to some extent, but this version is and will be multitudes better at helping me achieve my goals.
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30 July 2024 | 3 replies
Is it 5 years from the date of sale?
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30 July 2024 | 9 replies
If you sell after a couple years, you've gained appreciation and still get to keep the profits tax free if you've lived there 2 out of the last 5 years. 2.
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30 July 2024 | 6 replies
It did have a first mortgage of theirs open on it, which they have not made payments on since ~2014, just 6 years after the house was built.
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30 July 2024 | 23 replies
And the result is very different: $5k is deductible right away, and the remaining $15k is slowly deductible ("amortized"): $1k per year over the next 15 years.
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25 July 2024 | 2 replies
Hello, My names Logan, I am a 27 year old general contractor/handyman and I reside in Ventura, CA with 10 years of experience under my belt and looking to expand the company further in succession.
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30 July 2024 | 2 replies
He got upset and decided to sue for an alleged slip and fall from 2 years ago.
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30 July 2024 | 12 replies
I was in the Air Force for 8 years, so i believe i understand their thinking and i know how their finance SHOULD work.
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30 July 2024 | 8 replies
That is my only income and currently less than $100k per year for those payments.
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31 July 2024 | 15 replies
One is a traveling nurse who is only there between jigs and the other is a husband, stay at home wife, and a year old baby.